Now that #1 is 'in the can', pretty much, I've started roughing in #2, and obviously, moving along a lot faster with 10 pages roughed out and about 3-4 pencilled in.

@DanHill is busy moving house but I'm still pestering him with all kinds of lovely, lovely nonsense in the meantime.

I hope I'm doing things correctly - I've set up a Page on FaceBook, as opposed to a Group - devoted to the erstwhile Sir Harry and it would be FAB if you could all pop by and Like, Recommend and Favourite.

I've also put up the first 4 pages with some additional bonus comments.

Well, July was a quiet month. And it looks like August is going that way as well - I dropped into Mission Comics to see if they could pencil in a Sunday for a signing of Chiselton #1, and then the Publisher has gone quiet.

I'm not expecting them to fondle my nuts on a daily basis, but they haven't provided me with feedback from the Florida Con, nor even a copy of the book.

Le Sigh.

Anyway, I've created a page over at http://www.Chiselton.com exclusively for Retailers and Reviewers, so if any of you want to be a Reviewer and want to provide me with some pull quotes, let me know. Or, if you know Comic Store owner who would like to carry a Steampunk Action Comic, point 'em my way.

What I'm also looking for is 3-4 artists who think Chiselton is the shit, and want to drop a pin-up in the back of #4. Down the line I'm thinking some 2-4 page text pieces as well, for Volume 2.

I think that's what happens when you run several titles and have day-jobs. Also, maybe I'm asking the wrong (or none) questions...

Anyway. Emails in inboxes, pages being inked & pencilled. The train shall not be derailed, Chiselton shall prevail etc. Halfway through #2 as I write. Despite being laid up with a bum knee, I have inked and pencilled furiously.

What have I been doing? Well - I scrapped everything I did so far. Yes - 2 1/2 comics worth of art down the shitter. I took a long hard look and decided it wasn't what I wanted to show the world. It was cramped, I had too much plot crammed into too little story.

So, I started again.

I've stretched out the pacing, letting the artwork breathe a bit more - and it shows. I've almost wrapped up episode 3 - which ends where #1 ended, just to give an idea of where my pacing is going,